Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Welcome to dark social. Don’t worry, dark social isn’t the same as the notorious “dark web” trying to lure you into evil. Dark social is the oldest social network in action: private, untraceable human-to-human communication. What is dark social? Browsed a Facebook Group? dark social.

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Open Community Means Collaborating with a Purpose.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Forty per cent of Canadians are on Pinterest, an image-based social network. Most people think of media as being in two blocks: social media and mainstream media. A balanced communications strategy is going to maximize the return on investment.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 9, 2014

These are common sentiments when it comes to Google+, but it really is time to rethink your strategy because Google+ is not going away. I know, your department’s resources are all tied up with other channels, like Twitter and Facebook, and you think Google+ may well be a flash in the pan. version of Google.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 7, 2013

Posted in Blogging Business Intelligence Communities Content Marketing Conversational Marketing Enterprise 2.0 Facebook Lead Generation Lead Nurturing People Sales Social Business Intelligence Social Media Social Networking Strategy Thought Leadership Twitter. So here are 3 reasons why ….

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2014

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working on the best practices for running campaigns on Google+ and how, as Chris Brogan would say, we can make our buyers the hero of the story. Google+ campaigns are a great way of building trust and relationships with the people who may well become your brand advocates. Well, three reasons: 1.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In October 2018, Google announced that it will be shutting down the consumer version of Google+ owing to insufficient usage. The initial announcement also stated that Google would complete the Google+ shutdown in 10 months. Since 2013, Google+ had been experiencing low activity. While there were 1.15

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This week on The Science of Social Media , we’re sharing a simple, yet proven formula that you can use time and time again to discover irresistible content ideas using Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and other online communities. How to subscribe : iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloud | Stitcher | RSS. Let’s kick it off!

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2019

Google Alerts is free and easy to set up as shown below: You should also listen for competitors and top performing keywords or hashtags in your industry. There are more specialized social listening tools that can filter the noise and help you analyze and respond better. Identify Relevant Groups, Communities.

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Sprout Social

JULY 21, 2022

You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses. Understanding these different types of social media will help you develop a better content strategy and know where to focus your time and energy. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of 14 types of social media every marketer needs to know.

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Kikolani

JUNE 19, 2012

It’s entitled 40+ Tips on How to Become a Social Media Rockstar on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ – the three social networks I feel are the most important. If you enjoy it, please be sure to leave a comment and share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or your other favorite social networks.

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Navolutions

MARCH 25, 2013

Google+ just won’t sit still. With today’s relaunch of the Google+ mobile apps for iPhone and Android, it’s gotten even easier to let customers and clients keep tabs on your day to day, and give them a glimpse of the faces that make your company work. Photo editing within the Google+ app itself just got a lot easier.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Reddit isn’t often mentioned alongside the “big” social networks, though it’s one of the most influential. That growth, combined with 40% of Gen Z searching social platforms for info instead of Google, makes Reddit a unique opportunity for brands. Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

Sites like these usually have their own private groups for the contributors to the blog, which is definitely a great idea. If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Almost 38 per cent of Canadians is on Pinterest, an image-based social network. This is important because the majority of Instagram users are in the 22 to 35-year-old age group. Most people think of media as being in two blocks: social media and mainstream media. Social media is the mainstay of Shared Media tactics.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 16, 2012

How to turn off Google personalisation (SMO) and go back to SEO BUT: SEO is dead, SMO rules. Search Engine Optimization has been hijacked by your friends and family (Social Media Optimization) and that’s a good thing. So a group of developers in India will get different search results than a group of partiers in Sydney.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 8, 2010

One of the reasons I moved off Blogger (Google hosting) onto my own ISP hosted site, by the way, was for that very reason. But they are bloody good for distribution… This is not to be confused with inappropriate deletions due to community behavioural guidelines e.g. slurs on minority groups – Gay author has Band Fags page removed.

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Navolutions

MARCH 25, 2013

Google+ just won’t sit still. With today’s relaunch of the Google+ mobile apps for iPhone and Android, it’s gotten even easier to let customers and clients keep tabs on your day to day, and give them a glimpse of the faces that make your company work. Photo editing within the Google+ app itself just got a lot easier.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Not only will you be able to quickly see which networks you can establish your name upon, but you will also discover over 500 social networks. You know you need a social media presence, but if you’re time-starved like many of us, even the best tools won’t help you keep things under control.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 4, 2023

At its core, social media marketing is about building relationships with your audience in the places they already spend their time online. Unlike traditional advertising, social media marketing allows for two-way communication between individuals and brands. Social marketers do a lot more than scroll through TikTok all day.

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Absolute PA

OCTOBER 1, 2011

First off, lets look at the differences between a profile, page and group. Some also use their personal profile to network with other business owners, and this can be a handy way to connect with people or continue a business relationship having met in person. Personal profiles are for people to connect with friends and family.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 11, 2013

It’s a vast group of more than 14.5 In addition, approximately half of boomers and a quarter of over 65s use social networking sites, mostly Facebook but some use Twitter too. Nine out of ten zoomers use Google or other search engines and almost 70 per cent actually make purchases online.

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Hootsuite

MAY 3, 2023

Your Facebook page can appear in Google search results, so optimizing your title with relevant keywords is important. Join a Slack community You may already use Slack to communicate with your team internally, but have you ever thought of using it to generate real estate leads?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

Communities 26

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The Social Media Hat

MAY 30, 2016

Social Media Give Your Social Networks The Spring Cleaning They So Desperately Need. Make Sure That Your Social Profiles Are Cleaned Up And Ready For The Coming Year When my sister and I were growing up, as soon as the weather started to be consistently warm, we'd spend a weekend helping our mom with "Spring Cleaning."

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. Movember and Social Media.

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Buffer Social

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When I first started building Diversability with the vision of creating a community of people with disabilities (and the allies who support us) elevating disability pride, I kept encountering roadblocks when trying to get the word out. Now, in 2023, we have 80,000 followers across our social networks and 5,800 in our closed communities.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

If it’s not yours, or if it is, please– for the love of community –pitch in and SAY something! We were talking about how to build community on a Facebook page and whether or not that’s really even possible. Now, I’m one of those old school community people. Look at any big brand Facebook page.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 30, 2012

For both strategic and benchmarking purposes, create a spreadsheet listing your top competitors and, for each, showing: • Social features on their website (e.g. Facebook / LinkedIn / Google Plus metrics (i.e. Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.). Find relevant groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense THE BEST SOCIAL NETWORK FOR LAWYERS, OR ANYONE, IS… by Nancy Myrland on April 6, 2010 An interesting question was posed on a legal marketing forum of which I am a member.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2019

In addition, a significant portion of social media marketing is engaging with your community. The first step is to choose which social media sites on which to focus your activities. Pick the platforms where you want to be active; it is a good idea to restrict your focus to the 2-4 largest social networks for your target group.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2014

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google+… the list goes on. For the user of these social networks, the question is how much time do you want to spend posting, tweeting, pinning, creating or following? I’m using two groups I’ve set up: A landscape of soda brands, and A landscape of top cloud computing providers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 7, 2014

Social networking gives sponsors and clinical trial coordinators the ability to target a vast group of e-patients. Google Analytics. Custom Social Media Reports for Google Analytics. 3)Target Specific Patient Groups. Twitter Analytics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. What’s your goal?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Have you ever wondered what compels people to share content on their social networks? Two social accounts cross in the night , and a re-tweet or Like is born – why is that? Twitter Google+ LinkedIn What Compels People to Share Your Content? Facebook insists it has the answer: write better content.

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